Doubted from day one, declared "not able"
The time has come to turn the table
Have no faith in me, nor I in you
Though barriers surround me, I'll crash through
One of these days I'm gonna be somebody
One of these days I'm gonna be important
One of these days I'm gonna make a difference
I'll have the last laugh on you
Yes, I'll have the last laugh on you
Didn't measure up to your standard of success
Doesn't make what I do worth any less
Dismiss my ideas as pie in the sky
It sure beats the hell out of living a lie
One of these days I'm gonna be somebody
One of these days I'm gonna be important
One of these days I'm gonna make a difference
I'll have the last laugh on you
Yes, I'll have the last laugh on you
Haunted by echoing ridicules past
But your cocky self-assuredness didn't last
A cog in the machine, you found your place
You snickering boomerangs back in your face
One of these days I'm gonna be somebody
One of these days I'm gonna be important
One of these days I'm gonna make a difference
I'll have the last laugh on you
Yes, I'll have the last laugh on you
I'll have the last laugh on you
I'll have the last laugh on you, ha ha ha ha!